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it looks like every other part of the egyptian desert which is to say sandy, flat, rocky, bleak. you can't imagine why this point would be the place where two armies, you know, sort of came to a halt and dug in. but the reason is because it couldn't be outflanked. it was blocked on the north by the mediterranean sea. on the south there's kind of a marshy, sandy area called the qatar depression which can't really be -- it's impossible to heavy vehicles such as tanks, for instance. rommel likes -- one of rommel's tricks when he was fighting was to skirt around to posing army and jump on him from behind. so that couldn't happen here. among them were my five soldiers. and when they got to egypt in ir the first time in more than a year, they were separated in two groups. jack brister and dirke joined the first battalion king's royal rifle corps and went down with the seventh armored division which was the storied desert rats. they were a very famous part of the british army. cox, bolte and hayward cutting were sent out with the second battalion. so between those two groups they pretty
it looks like every other part of the egyptian desert which is to say sandy, flat, rocky, bleak. you can't imagine why this point would be the place where two armies, you know, sort of came to a halt and dug in. but the reason is because it couldn't be outflanked. it was blocked on the north by the mediterranean sea. on the south there's kind of a marshy, sandy area called the qatar depression which can't really be -- it's impossible to heavy vehicles such as tanks, for instance. rommel likes...
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it looks like every other part of the egyptian desert, which is to say that it was sandy and flat and rocky. you cannot imagine why this would be the point where the two armies came to a halt. the reason is it was blocked on the north by the mediterranean sea. on the south, there was kind of a marsh area which it is impossible for heavy vehicles, such as tanks, one of his tricks when he was fighting was to go around the opposing army and jump on them from behind. so that cannot happen here. the english were pouring material into the spot, getting ready to fight. when they got to egypt for the first time in more than a year, they were separated into two groups. they went down to the southern end of the line and they were very famous, it was a famous part of the british army. they sent off for the second battalion and went to the north end of the wind. line. between the two groups, they pretty much saw most of the battle and it finally came on october 23. now, i'm going to do a little discretion since we are hearing about hurricanes, to redo something that i wrote about my uncle's trip
it looks like every other part of the egyptian desert, which is to say that it was sandy and flat and rocky. you cannot imagine why this would be the point where the two armies came to a halt. the reason is it was blocked on the north by the mediterranean sea. on the south, there was kind of a marsh area which it is impossible for heavy vehicles, such as tanks, one of his tricks when he was fighting was to go around the opposing army and jump on them from behind. so that cannot happen here. the...
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couldn't be outflanked, it was blocked on the north by the mediterranean sea to on a self this kind of a sandy area which is impossible for heavy vehicles such as tanks for instance. one of rommel's track's when he was around the opposing army was to jump on them from behind but that couldn't happen here. they were pouring material into the spot on the egyptian desert when he decided to fight, and then when they got to egypt for the first time the were separated into two groups. jack brister joined the first battalion and went down to the southern end of the line with the armored division which was the story of the desert, the very famous part of the british army. they were sent off with the second battalion and went up to the north end of the line so between them, between the two groups they pretty much saw most of the battle when it finally came october 23rd. i'm going to take a little digression since we are in vermont and we are hearing that hurricanes to read to read you something i wrote about my uncle's trip from his training from the front line it's really what i try to do as i thought
couldn't be outflanked, it was blocked on the north by the mediterranean sea to on a self this kind of a sandy area which is impossible for heavy vehicles such as tanks for instance. one of rommel's track's when he was around the opposing army was to jump on them from behind but that couldn't happen here. they were pouring material into the spot on the egyptian desert when he decided to fight, and then when they got to egypt for the first time the were separated into two groups. jack brister...
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[applause] >> thank you sandy. when i came out to california in 1989 to oversee the construction of the library for president nixon, the first person i turned to us sandy plan, and i was 20 at the time when i took over the library. sandy was 30 at the time, so we have grown up together around the library and is so wonderful to be back. i'm glad you mentioned my friend larry elder and mike gallagher. mike's book is going to be tremendous great bestseller so if you have the chance come back and sing mike. mike isn't that are forming in memphis the weekend after next. i'm going to go and see them play in memphis which i think is going to be at the pantages. he is a wonderful speaker. if you have never seen mike, come out to hear him and you mentioned larry elder. larry and i are friends. i like to point out that larry elder, and cho coulter and i are all graduates of the university of michigan law school. different years. larry is older than i am. [laughter] ann was a little bit younger than i am but the three of us g
[applause] >> thank you sandy. when i came out to california in 1989 to oversee the construction of the library for president nixon, the first person i turned to us sandy plan, and i was 20 at the time when i took over the library. sandy was 30 at the time, so we have grown up together around the library and is so wonderful to be back. i'm glad you mentioned my friend larry elder and mike gallagher. mike's book is going to be tremendous great bestseller so if you have the chance come back...
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most of the family and friends for sharecroppers, former slaves, and the sandy red clay see how, they had rejoiced when slavery ended, but did with a thick spring grass here in the summer sun. he might have even remember the chatter about a man who at giving him fair skin and research eclipse, the captain of a careful distance, never claiming publicly. he had been born a slave to a teenage girl to a man he had never known. salinas to birmingham, alabama and what, 1880? that we think of birmingham, alabama today is the one hand, gleason, feeling u.s. steel and ultimately providing material for the mobile industry manufacturing industry in the 20th century history finance summit taking liberty with slavery by another name. the pulitzer prize-winning book of 2009. so birmingham has this really awful distribution that begins right around the time it also shows that. if else to for the civil rights struggle in 1963. but what is he able to do in birmingham and away the challenges that we think about this. >> he did not want to be a farmer. he did not want to be a sharecropper. this is a pla
most of the family and friends for sharecroppers, former slaves, and the sandy red clay see how, they had rejoiced when slavery ended, but did with a thick spring grass here in the summer sun. he might have even remember the chatter about a man who at giving him fair skin and research eclipse, the captain of a careful distance, never claiming publicly. he had been born a slave to a teenage girl to a man he had never known. salinas to birmingham, alabama and what, 1880? that we think of...
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irrepressible sense of confidence, most of him in france for sharecroppers, farmers and who scrambled into sandy, red clay fields. they rejoice in slavery ended, but the promise of freedom had withered like spring grass steered by the summer sun. he might've even remember the chatter about a man who is giving them fair skin in basic that lips, but kept in a careful distance, never claiming publicly for quoting him with legitimacy. its office had been a slave to an enslaved teenage girl and a man whose identity he may have never known. so edolphus mr. birmingham, alabama in 1880. now we think of birmingham, alabama today is beyond one hand and ultimately the wrong materials and the most significant manufacturing industry in this country's 20th century and i'm somewhat taking the pulitzer prize-winning book of 2009. pss it's also of course an iconic for the children's crusade in 1963, but what is he able to do in birmingham and and a way that challenges what we think about this. >> he did not want to be a farmer here and he did not want to be a sharecropper. this was a place that our land was fabr
irrepressible sense of confidence, most of him in france for sharecroppers, farmers and who scrambled into sandy, red clay fields. they rejoice in slavery ended, but the promise of freedom had withered like spring grass steered by the summer sun. he might've even remember the chatter about a man who is giving them fair skin in basic that lips, but kept in a careful distance, never claiming publicly for quoting him with legitimacy. its office had been a slave to an enslaved teenage girl and a...
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the second part of it though is i'm a lawyer as sandy mentioned. we have been practicing law for many many years. by pratt the endangered species law i'm not a trial lawyer. i do some apollo work but it's mostly administrative love of my partners are all trial lawyers and they bring trial lawyer sensibility to our arguments. how many of you are trial lawyers here? i usually have lawyer show of. are there any trial lawyers who? they indeed are not normal people. [laughter] trial lawyers are aggressive, fact-driven, argumentative. they like the confrontation and my colleague, gary belinsky and janet hickson and elizabeth nolte and especially tim cook, they are all tremendous with skills and all her young associate trial lawyers. i began this book i sitting down with gary because gary is among the best trial lawyers in the united states. he was hired by the biggest corporation in the united states to represent a -- their product or service. he has to persuade juries all the time of the correct is that his arguments. i was interested in writing a book,
the second part of it though is i'm a lawyer as sandy mentioned. we have been practicing law for many many years. by pratt the endangered species law i'm not a trial lawyer. i do some apollo work but it's mostly administrative love of my partners are all trial lawyers and they bring trial lawyer sensibility to our arguments. how many of you are trial lawyers here? i usually have lawyer show of. are there any trial lawyers who? they indeed are not normal people. [laughter] trial lawyers are...
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sandy mentioned to my law firm. we have been practicing law for many, many years. while i practice in endangered species law, not a trial lawyer. some apollo work, but mostly administrative law. my partners are all trial lawyers. they bring trial lawyers sensibilities to arguments. how many of you are trial lawyers? i usually have some show up. any of this? there are different than you and i. they're not normal people. trial lawyers are aggressive, fact driven, argumentative. they like the confrontation across the bar. my colleagues, especially tim cook. they are all tremendously skilled and all our young associates, trial lawyers. i began this book by sitting down with gary because carey is among the best trial lawyers in the united states. he is hired by the biggest corporation in the united states to represent an allegation has been made that their product and service has injured someone. and so he has to persuade juries all the time of the correctness of his arguments. and i was interested in writing a book that would persuade people of the correctness in my ar
sandy mentioned to my law firm. we have been practicing law for many, many years. while i practice in endangered species law, not a trial lawyer. some apollo work, but mostly administrative law. my partners are all trial lawyers. they bring trial lawyers sensibilities to arguments. how many of you are trial lawyers? i usually have some show up. any of this? there are different than you and i. they're not normal people. trial lawyers are aggressive, fact driven, argumentative. they like the...
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as a matter of fact, right now in response to hurricane sandy's devastation we've got a web site up, and we're working with partners to, um, raise funds to purchase terrific replacements for libraries in the new york and new jersey area. >> host: carol rasco, have you moved into the e-book world at all? >> guest: well, not in a big way yet. but we have certainly been exploring it, and we don't discourage it. many of the schools and children we serve most have not had access to the, you know, the piece of equipment. and so we have been looking at how can we promote that, because very frankly, in addition to wanting children to have books and get them engaged -- and we know that the e-book is great way to do that for many children -- i above all do not want to look back ten years from now and say, oh, my goodness, we let another digital divide occur. we want to make sure that the children we're serving have the opportunity to learn how to use the e-book and what is there and what it can mean to them. so we know our friends at first book are working on that kind of thing, and i can't he
as a matter of fact, right now in response to hurricane sandy's devastation we've got a web site up, and we're working with partners to, um, raise funds to purchase terrific replacements for libraries in the new york and new jersey area. >> host: carol rasco, have you moved into the e-book world at all? >> guest: well, not in a big way yet. but we have certainly been exploring it, and we don't discourage it. many of the schools and children we serve most have not had access to the,...